[D Rider]

What a shock. A wild rattlesnake left on a trail in Southern California. Don’t they have people to take care of those things?

[HerrBlucher]

The fangs can penetrate hiking boots?

[driftless2]

Last year my wife and I took her sister and bro-in-law from England on a trip out west. I was careful to inform them that virtually everywhere we went was rattlesnake territory. My bro-in-law had thought they weren't very dangerous. I told him they were very dangerous. I may have overdid it, but I wanted to make sure they were careful where they walked and where they stuck their hands.

And in reality, there are very few states that don't have rattlesnakes. My own area, the hill country of western Wisconsin, is or used to be one of the best (or worst) rattlesnake areas in the country. But despite hiking the bluffs of the area a lot when I was younger, I never saw one rattlesnake. I only once came across a dead one while hiking in a state park when I was older.

But one time on a nature hike with a nationally known snake expert, the expert walked up to a boulder on a hillside, stuck his snake under the rock, and pulled out two rattlesnakes. Then I knew that all the time I was hiking those bluffs as a child, the snakes were hiding under the boulders.

[Starstruck]

Woman bites snake is a story.

[Perseverando]

A Mercy Air helicopter arrived 30 minutes later and took the hiker to Pomerado Hospital.

I guess that was about a $10,000 hike. I hope she has good insurance!

[Mastador1]

Okay, but how is the snake?

[Cyman]

I remember the crazy Crocodile Hunter was in San Diego to hunt down 10 of the most dangerous snakes. This is a guy that has screwed around with spitting cobras, mambas, the Australian brown snake..... and he left the hiking trail when he came onto a young western diamondback. Said those young rattlers could not be trusted as they will bite without the usual “tell” and empty their venom sacs.

First time I ever heard even a smidgen of fearful respect in his voice, bless his soul.

[dfwgator]

What I want to know is how Ramona managed to put the snake up her you-know-what.

[muir_redwoods]

“He says you’re gonna die”

That’s the punch line anyway.

[BerryDingle]

4 years from now, her Obamaphone won’t work (no coverage) and her Obama care won’t either.